Sickle Insert
Description
Probably New Kingdom, Ramesside–Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1184–664 B.C. Flint. L. 8.6 × W. 5.2 × Th. 1.1 cm, Wt. 65.2g (3 3/8 × 2 in., 1.1 cm, 2.3oz.). From: Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1948.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Photograph of a brown flint/stone sickle-like blade fragment with a curved working edge and irregular removals along one side; no carving or inscriptions are visible.
The image shows a single, hand-held object photographed against a light background. The artifact appears to be a piece of dark brown to reddish-brown flint with a sharper, curved edge suitable for cutting. One face shows extensive light-colored cortex/outer surface and fracture scars, while the other face is smoother and more uniformly worked, suggesting knapping/retouch to form a blade insert. The break edges are irregular and the working edge is the most defined feature. There is no discernible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text, and no cartouche or royal name is visible. No figures of deities or other iconography can be identified from the image.
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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